Samuel Morin gets his moment to shine
On March 27th, 2021, Samuel Morin finally scored his first NHL goal after a very long road to get there. The journey towards Morin’s first goal and the best game of his career against the New York Rangers has been hectic, as just in this season, he’s switched positions twice, been weaved in and out of the active roster, taxi squad, and Phantoms lineup. The underdog term is often thrown around in Philadelphia sports, but Morin’s journey has embodied an underdog’s spirit.
Heading into this season, one of the biggest stories of the year was the announcement of Samuel Morin moving from defense to the wing. The Samuel Morin winger project was scrapped after a couple of games, and he switched back to his natural position of defense with the Phantoms. In his games with the Phantoms this season, he excelled, which makes sense as it’s his natural position and the reason he was drafted so highly in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.
Throughout the game against the New York Rangers, Morin was the Flyer’s best defenseman on the ice, so his goal was just the icing on the cake for an outstanding performance. To say that Morin might help solve the Flyer’s defensive problems may be jumping the gun as this is a small sample size. Many Flyers fans, including myself, also said that about Nate Prosser after just one game, and that take hasn’t exactly aged well. But Morin being one of the fixes to the Flyers defensive woes wouldn’t be much of a stretch at all. Samuel Morin never got a fair shot at the NHL level before at defense, so it will be interesting to see him show what he’s got as the Flyers defense desperately needs some help.
The entire team was pumped for Morin after he scored his goal, so that moment may be the jumpstart that the Flyers need to get their season back on track as they head into their most crucial stretch of games of the season. After the game, Morin delivered one of the best Flyers quotes of the year, describing his goal as “It’s probably the best moment of my life”. Looking back, Morin’s goal and quote could be the moment that the Flyers season got back on track and headed towards Stanley Cup contention. Although the only thing that’s been easy to predict with the Flyers this season is you can’t expect what they’re going to do or how they’ll play, so we’ll see.
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